Nurse Lucy Letby convicted of murdering seven babies at hospital neonatal unit

Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Lucy Letby giving evidence in the dock at Manchester Crown Court where she is charged with the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of another ten, between June 2015 and June 2016 while working on the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital.

Lucy Letby has been convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others at a hospital neonatal unit.

Prosecutors said Letby, 33, was a “calculated opportunist” who used the vulnerabilities of premature and sick infants to camouflage her acts.